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I think it's more like "clock" and "ending", not necessarily "death". I've never heard of the coin thing in connection with Chinese clock superstition, but maybe that's just my experience. Nobody would ever think about giving a clock as a gift in the first place, because it's just bad juju.Originally posted by Dr. Nick
It's a Chinese custom that you should not give clocks to people without collecting some token in return (coin or some sort of money) otherwise you are giving them 'death'. This stems from the similarity of the Chinese words for 'clock' and 'death'.
Originally posted by AlphalphaPB
I think it's more like "clock" and "ending", not necessarily "death". I've never heard of the coin thing in connection with Chinese clock superstition, but maybe that's just my experience. Nobody would ever think about giving a clock as a gift in the first place, because it's just bad juju.